In the blink of an eye, it was January 28th, the day before Zhang Tie's confrontation with the three major sects.
The Taiyi Mystical Sect, Heaven-Wielding Pavilion, Jade Tower, Celestial Mechanism Sect, Demon Slaying Valley, Golden Power Way, and personnel from Great Xia's great clans, sects, and families had all gathered. Even the Iron Dragon Sect's airship had arrived, yet there was still no sign of Thousand-Machine True Lord Zhang Tie. The atmosphere across the Gobi Nether Sea grew strange.
The Golden Power Way had fallen silent for two years after Han Zhengfang's downfall. It had remained sluggish, almost excluded from Great Xia's major sects and Knight circles. Yet its appearance over the Gobi Nether Sea this time came as something of a surprise—and was exceptionally high-profile.
While the other sects and families had each sent a single airship to the Gobi Nether Sea, the Golden Power Way had brought no fewer than six. Every one of them was a colossal airship over a thousand meters long, brimming with imposing might and peerless momentum. The Golden Power Way's airships alone completely overshadowed those of the other major sects.
After the six airships reached the Nether Sea, they split into two groups of three and linked together in midair, forming two enormous aerial platforms not far apart. Both floating platforms formed by the six airships were open free of charge to every Human Knight in attendance. Any Knight capable of flying aboard by their own strength could enjoy free food, drink, and lodging. After the Sect Black Post contest, those willing could even catch a ride on the airships out of the Ten-Thousand-Mile Gobi, sparing themselves the hardship of the journey.
The arrival of the Golden Power Way's six airships was a blessing for lone Knights and made the Nether Sea